† Carme, n. and a. Obs.
Also 4 karme.
[a. F. carme:—Carmel.]
= Carmelite.
| c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 353 Carmes seien þat þei weren bifore þe tyme þat Crist was born. c 1394 P. Pl. Crede 340 Two frere karmes wiþ a full coppe. 1479 Will of Stoughton (Somerset Ho.) Freres mynors, freres carmes. 1535 Compl. too late Maryed (N.) A grey friar, Jacobin, or a Carm. 1631 Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 139 This Order of Carmes, or Carmelites. 1797 Archaeol. XIII. 272 Discalced Carmes at Tongres. |